Curriculum Vitae Ferid Murad, born September 14, 1936 in Whiting, Indiana, USA Academic Education 1958-65 M.D., Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 1958-65 Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH   Appointments and Professional Activities 1975-81 Professor, Depts of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, Univ of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 1971-81 Director, Clinical Research Center, Univ of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 1973-81 Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Dept of Internal Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 1981-89 Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 1981-86 Chief of Medicine, Palo Alto Veterans Administration Medical Center, CA 1988- Professor (Adjunct), Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern Univ Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 1990-92 Vice President, Pharmaceutical Research & Development, and Corporate Officer, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois 1993-95 CEO/President, Molecular Geriatrics Corporation, Lake Bluff, Illinois   Fellowships and Awards Cuba Award Recipient, 1988 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, 1996 For full autobiography of Dr. Murad, click here http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1998/murad-autobio.html Full Text of Dr. Murad’s Nobel Prize lecture can be accessed at http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1998/murad-lecture.pdf